OPTIMAL BEAM FORMING FOR LASER BEAM PROPAGATION ...

List of Tables4.1 Physical parameters used in the one dimensional propagationsimulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635.1 Propagation parameters used in the one dimensional simulation. 795.2 Fractional integrated intensity ξ m in free space, fractional averageintegrated intensity µ m through turbulence, and the scintillationindex S m of the received fields by transmitting singleHermite-Gaussian modes f m (u). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805.3 Mutual intensity 〈I m I n 〉 by using Hermite Gaussian beams. . 805.4 Optimal weighting α m , scintillation index S I , and the fractionalaverage integrated intensity µ when the first N Hermite-Gaussian modes f m (x) are used to generate the optimal pupilplane partially coherence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825.5 Fractional integrated intensity ξ p in free space, fractional averageintegrated intensity µ p through turbulence, and the scintillationindex S p of the received fields by transmitting singleLaguerre-Gaussian modes f p,0 (x). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84xv